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IT Quote of the Week: Douglas Engelbart
Jul 21st
Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse and was an early pioneer of the Information Technology profession. As such he is an excellent pick to be our IT Thought of the Day Quote of the Week Series feature.
I like Information Age quotations. I find some of them very inspirational and like to carry a new one around about every week. I thought that i could share mine with you from time to time. This week it will be a funny quote. You can read more about the author at Wikipedia.
“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”
Douglas Engelbart
What did you think of the quote? Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar ones? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 21, 2010.
quote credit: Information Technology Quotes on EnglishForum
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iPhone Loving (Video)
Jun 19th
In honor of next week’s iPhone 4 launch by Apple, I thought that I would comb through YouTube and see what sort of iPhone loving videos have been posted before. What I found did not disappoint in the least! As I suspected, people sure do love their iPhones – enough to make hundreds of videos expressing such for the world to see!
I usually feature comedy on Saturdays. In the past, I have featured jokes, comics, cartoons, and news on the weekends. Sometimes I include comics, stories, games, and photos. By far, though, humor and especially videos with Information Technology (IT) themes have been the most popular. So I have gone back to this endless well of laughs! I simply cannot get enough of comedy videos!
For this week, I have picked this video to share with you as follow-up. It is called “iPhone Love”… It is by invisibleSHIELD and it just plain funny!
The most humorous part of all of this is that it is all so true. Some of the jokes hit a bit close to home!
I hope that I gave you a chuckle to make your weekend a little brighter. I will be back Monday with more serious topics!
What did you think of the video? Funny? Do you know of any other similar movies or clips? Please share.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for June 19, 2010.
Video Credit: invisibleSHIELD
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News Commentary: Three Cheers for the Cell Phone
Jul 12th
Posted by Scott Coughlin in Business of IT
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CNN has a really nice piece commemorating the creator of the cell phone, Mr. Martin Cooper. This story is the IT Thought of the Day News Commentary of the Week.
On Mondays I offer comments on some of the most interesting information technology stories that I have found on the web that week. Please feel free to join in the discussion or suggest other stories.
Today’s comments were generated after I read the fore mentioned CNN story. Great article that I recommend to you. Give them a read below.
CNN.com – Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one
By Tas Anjarwalla
What I loved about this article was that it represented the exact best that an outfit like CNN can deliver. It showed journalistic ethics, special access granted by being a big name, and rigorous fact checking and research without opinion or slant. To me, it shows exactly what big media can and should deliver that bloggers never can, will, or should. I wish that CNN and the rest of mainstream media would stick to this type of story and get out of the business of trying to beat bloggers to scoops, or drive a political agenda, even involving tech reporting, by spinning news to create positions. Bravo to CNN and Tas Anjarwalla for showing us how it can and should be done. Great story.
OK, that is what I think of this topic. What do you think about this topic? Do you agree or disagree with me? Do you have a recommended news story for next week? Please share your ideas below.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for July 12, 2010 by Scott Coughlin.
Image Credit: Fukuoka Prefectural University